What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is p…

Alan Watts
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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage
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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage

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